Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Derbent in Russia

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Derbent in Russia on Friday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:27:12 / 8:27 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70003wlb. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003wlb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.44 km (39 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 48.9683 East, latitude 42.2686 North, depth = 63.44 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/06/19 / 2019-06-07 05:27:12 / June 7, 2019 @ 5:27 am.

Close country/countries, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop), Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Izberbash, Madzhalis, Kasumkent. Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Derbent (c. 106 000 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Izberbash (c. 42 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Xaçmaz (c. 37 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Dagestanskiye Ogni (c. 27 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Belidzhi (c. 16 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Xudat (c. 13 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kasumkent (c. 12 200 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 60 km ENE of Derbent, Russia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	48.9683° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	42.2686° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	63.44 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	60km ENE of Derbent, Russia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-06-07 05:27:12	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-06-07 08:40:26	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	180	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	326	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.828	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.13 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	40	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us70003wlb	Id of event.
Event Code	70003wlb	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70003wlb,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

48.9683° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

42.2686° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

63.44 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

60km ENE of Derbent, Russia

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2019-06-07 05:27:12

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-06-07 08:40:26

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

180

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

326

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

3.828

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.13 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us70003wlb

Id of event.

Event Code

70003wlb

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us70003wlb,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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